The Aggregates Planning Toolbox consists of the four handbooks and is developed to support sustainable aggregates planning in SEE countries.

FINAL SNAP-SEE EVENTS

The 6th SNAP-SEE Meeting for the project partners took place on 21st October 2014 in Bled, Slovenia. Read more...

SNAP-SEE International conference was held between the 22nd and the 24th October 2014 in Bled, Slovenia, organized by the Geological Survey of Slovenia in cooperation with the project`s lead partner Montanuniversität Leoben and the Iskriva Institute. Read more...

SNAP-SEE newsletters, publication & videos

More on the project activities and events please find in the SNAP-SEE newsletters, publication and in the two promotional videos (Public Outputs):

Assuring sustainable supply of aggregates is an important challenge due to their economic importance and the potential environmental and social impacts associated with their production. The SNAP-SEE project focuses on developing and disseminating tools for aggregates management planning in Southeast Europe (SEE). It builds on the results of the Sustainable Aggregates Resource Management (SARMa) project. Due to regional differences in historical development, there are diverse approaches to aggregates policies, planning and management in SEE, which is hindering resource efficiency and economic development in the region:

differences among mineral policies;

aggregates policies and plans are distributed among many different legal documents, making coordination and a comprehensive understanding difficult;

authorities in SEE countries do not have the understanding of either sustainable aggregates resource management (SARM) or planning for sustainable supply mix (SSM) and;

there is almost a complete lack of coordination on planning supply from primary and secondary aggregates sources.

CHALLENGES

The identified problems are a lack of:

coordinated/regional planning for aggregates’ supply that addresses cross-sectoral interactions and ensures that documents are consistent;